Background
Gurdal, Zafer was born on January 23, 1956 in Ankara, Turkey. Son of Tacettin and Nihal Gurdal. came to the United States, 1980.
(The field of structural optimization is still a relativel...)
The field of structural optimization is still a relatively new field undergoing rapid changes in methods and focus. Until recently there was a severe imbalance between the enormous amount of literature on the subject, and the paucity of applications to practical design problems. This imbalance is being gradually redressed. There is still no shortage of new publications, but there are also exciting applications of the methods of structural optimizations in the automotive, aerospace, civil engineering, machine design and other engineering fields. As a result of the growing pace of applications, research into structural optimization methods is increasingly driven by real-life problems. t-.Jost engineers who design structures employ complex general-purpose software packages for structural analysis. Often they do not have any access to the source program, and even more frequently they have only scant knowledge of the details of the structural analysis algorithms used in this software packages. Therefore the major challenge faced by researchers in structural optimization is to develop methods that are suitable for use with such software packages. Another major challenge is the high computational cost associated with the analysis of many complex real-life problems. In many cases the engineer who has the task of designing a structure cannot afford to analyze it more than a handful of times.
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(The field of structural optimization is still a relativel...)
The field of structural optimization is still a relatively new field undergoing rapid changes in methods and focus. Until recently there was a severe imbalance between the enormous amount of literature on the subject, and the paucity of applications to practical design problems. This imbalance is being gradually redressed now. There is still no shortage of new publications, but there are also exciting applications of the methods of structural optimizations in the automotive, aerospace, civil engineering, machine design and other engineering fields. As a result of the growing pace of applications, research into structural optimization methods is increasingly driven by real-life problems. Most engineers who design structures employ complex general-purpose software packages for structural analysis. Often they do not have any access to the source the details of program, and even more frequently they have only scant knowledge of the structural analysis algorithms used in this software packages. Therefore the major challenge faced by researchers in structural optimization is to develop methods that are suitable for use with such software packages. Another major challenge is the high computational cost associated with the analysis of many complex real-life problems. In many cases the engineer who has the task of designing a structure cannot afford to analyze it more than a handful of times.
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Gurdal, Zafer was born on January 23, 1956 in Ankara, Turkey. Son of Tacettin and Nihal Gurdal. came to the United States, 1980.
Bachelor of Science, METU, Ankara, 1979. Master of Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1985.
Graduate research assistant, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1980-1981;
summer trainee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley, Hampton, Virginia, 1981;
graduate research assistant, Virginia Technology, Blackburg, 1981-1984;
research associate, Virginia Technology, Blackburg, 1985;
assistant professor, Virginia Technology Engineering Science and Mech. Department, Blackburg, 1985-1990;
associate professor, Virginia Technology Engineering Science and Mech. Department, Blackburg, 1990-1995;
professor, Virginia Technology Engineering Science and Mech.
Department, Blackburg, since 1995.
(The field of structural optimization is still a relativel...)
(The field of structural optimization is still a relativel...)
(The field of structural optimization is still a relativel...)
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society for Testing and Materials, Society Advancement Materials and Process Engineers, Planetary Society.
Married Pinar Gorgun, Jan 4, 1980. 1 child, Erin Billur.
